If you don’t have a sim card and need to activate your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 on iOS 5.1.1 then follow the step by step guide below to bypass the activation screen. The guide is very easy to understand so everyone can follow the instructions perfectly.

right click redsn0w, goto properties-compatibilty-select run this program in compatiblity mode for windows XP service pack 2. Also enable administrator mode below. this must work for sure.
If again problem exists go to task manager, in process tab find redsn0w,right click and select set affinity.
Now proceed……

hey uhh… im using redsn0w 0.9.14b1 and I can’t seem to install cydia because once it exploits everything after DFU it will give me a message stating “This version does not support untethered” bla bla bla how do i fix it?

thanks man for the great help , I did everything but when I installed ultrasnow , the phone still locked and it say no service and notice that the wireless is not stable as before .
,the one I am using is 06.15.00,
do I have to do something else ,
appreciate it ,

just go to cydia, manage->sources->edit->add-> http://repo.iparelhos.com
Add this source, after this enter into the added source and install ultrasn0w fixer for 5.1.1 and install ultrasn0w again. Reboot the iphone. Insert ur sim card.
wait 2 minutes… if needed turn on and off airplane mode. Eventually u will find ur carrier.

check this vedio for new bootromhttp://everythingapplepro.net/?p=609
Actually this vedio explains tethered JB and unlock.
Install Rocky Raccoon 5.1.1 from cydia as last step to convert ur tethered to untethered

Thanks!!!! I love you alll!!!!!!! i tought I have lost my Iphone 3gs for ever..i f**ed up everithing I could,dind’t made back-up..but with this info i was able to have my phone working again. For other users having problems, follow the instructions, if u have any errors, do it again, if u see searching and searching downgrade your baseband…I did all this (for the first time, not even knowing what baseband is, don’t know now either..) and it all worked out perfect.
Thanks again

I have had exactly the same problems. I’ve tried all the points below, including downgrading and nothing has worked. Still “searching” or “no service” comes up, and I too have very unstable wireless? After 15 emails to the Redsnow people (who I paid money too) and about 15 hours on this – I’m pretty frustrated! Can anyone help!
What is the “no service fix”?

search in youtube and look for the source that have the “Rocky Racoon” repo, install the source in manage->sources->edit->add-> (name of the source) and after that look for the “Rocky Racoon” repo again.

Nevermind I found it, but when I go to download “Rocky Racoon 5.1.1 Untether” I get a
“Cannot Comply: The requested modifications cannot be applied due to required dependencies or conflicts that cannot be automatically found or fixed”
Rocky Racoon 5.1.1 Untether
Depends – iOS Firmware =5.1.1″

I have mistakingly restored my previously jailbreaked and unlocked Iphone 3gs on Itunes so now is locked. Have tried jailbreaking and rebooting with redsn0w but can´t get pass the activation screen on the phone. It says I need to insert a valid a Sim card with no pin lock to activate the phone (won´t read mine) I´ve even tried jailbreaking using 5.1 ipsw and boot tethering and will get to the same point. Also tried jailbreaking with Install Cydia unticked. The custom software is 06.15.00 I cannot access to any other information now since the phone won´t go further than the activation screens Could you please please help me? I will need as detailed steps as possible.

i had the same problem i have done everything what the video showed me everything was going perfect until were it suppose to skip and come to the bit were it says set iphone but my phone just went back to activate iphone i need help please

right click redsn0w, goto properties-compatibilty-select run this program in compatiblity mode for windows XP service pack 2. Also enable administrator mode below. this must work for sure.
If again problem exists go to task manager, in process tab find redsn0w,right click and select set affinity.
Now proceed……

if you see “Unrecognized built. Fingerprint….” whenever you boot, make sure that everytime before you boot you select ios5.1 from the ‘select IPSW’ section. You will need to do this once the jailbreak is done and if you restore from icould which will again cause your iphone to reboot. I did this and this and it has worked twice. I hope it helps.

I did all the steps and am still having problems with my phone saying No Service. I went into Cydia and did the Ultrasnow unlock as well as the Ultrasnow fixer for 5.1.1 and its still saying No Service … my iphone is a 3gs with the old bootrom (926) … do i need to download T-Mobile substrates??

Use SAM method to unlock iphone 4.
In cydia add a source http://repo.bingner.com
Then install SAM.Insert ur SIM card and go to SAMpref icon in springboard, in utilities tap the attempt activation.
wait for a minute,u will be unlocked.

I downloaded and ran Redsnow(win) from you link. A message came up saying that “Certain operations (like the A5 jailbreak) are disabled due to incomplete iTunes libraries. Please be sure the latest iTunes is installed” “Couldn’t load Mobiledevice.dll”.

But I have just updated my iTune to the latest version right before I ran Redsnow.

Hi, I had given my jailbroken carrier unlocked iPhone 3GS to my friend and he accidentally upgraded it to 5.1.1. Now, all I can do is select the language and select the wifi that’s all. Doesn’t move forward at all :(.

It tries to activate, but i do not have the original sim. Is my phone dead or can it be retrieved? If yes, what’s the process? Baseband is 05.16.05.

i have iphone 3gs when i bought it was on 4.1 with unlocked gsm but my d*mba$$ wanted to update it didnt know i earased all settins and know i cannot get passed activation screen ive tried redsn0w pretty much of the newer versions and nothing half way thru the jail break it stops n reboots back to activaton screen…when my iphone reboots my computer still says exploiting with limerain…
what can i do to either get passed that or jailbreak it again..I NEED HELP ASAP!

Hey I would be glady appreciative if you could help me:) I downloaded the Firmware and I download the Redsn0w, but when I click select IPSW, the gray block is there but when I click it it says That IPSW is not supported by this version of Redsn0w then some fingerprint thing. Please help I have been trying to get my Iphone 3gs 5.1.1 unlocked and jailbroken for over a week now. 🙁 Thanks for your time.

i tried upgrading my iphone 3gs to 5.1.1 from my windows 7 pc, the download finished and after that my phone just doesnt turn on, or go into dfu mode, it does go into recovery mode but doesnt show on my itunes, i wanted to hacktivate it like in ur video but i cant do it now, the silver apple logo comes and goes every few seconds, it doesnt turn off or on, can u please tell me what to do!!

i tried to upgrade my jailbroken iphone 3gs to 5.1.1 from windows 7 itunes, the download finished succesfully but now my phone isnt recognized in itunes while in recovery mode, and does not enter dfu mode, what should i do? the iphone is installed with an ipad baseband 6.15.00

IM HAVING SAME PROB AS BRENNN…PLEASE HELP!! I CAN ONLY GET AS FAR AS “select ispw”. IVE DOWNLOADED IT 3 TIMES ONLY AS COMPRESSED ZIP, CANT MOVE TO DESKTOP AND TRIED 2 EXTRACT ALL FILES. NOTHINGS WORKING

I have a 3GS from Telus (Canada) no sim, using WIN7, cannot activate, tried using redsn0w_win_0.9.10b6.zip and redsn0w_win_0.9.12b2.zip, the menu to choose Cydia does not show and run thru the whole thing, after reboot it still required the Sim.

i did everything step by step.. worked fine.. instaled rocky racoon.. no issues with that too.. but i’m facing problem with ultra snow.. my phone still shows searching… or no service.. :/ please help me out with an appropriate solution

I have the latest Iphone 3GS (manufactured in Nov 2011, serial no QR1535FCEDG), new bootrom with iOS 5.1.1, jailbreaked and activated through the latest redsnow unthethered process. It was previously AT&T carrier but has been sold to me here in Pakistan.

I need to unlock it and it seems ultrasnow doesnt yet support the base band 05.16.05 which was what this phone was supplied with even on the said 5.0.1 which now i have updated to 5.1.1.

Need alternate help of when can i expect the said inclusion of the baseband 05.16.05 in ultrasnow. I cannot upgrade it to ipad baseband because of the new toshiba bootrom, not to mention that has still reported issues.

My last hope remains with ultrasnow or any other hack including the required baseband.

i tried everything before its getting to limera1n i get the error it says : you’ve connected a iphone 4s in DFU mode. there are curently no supported operations for this device in DFU mode. What can i do please can somebody help me.. im busy with this problem for hourssss ! tnx in advance

worked first time for me, very good video…….
i have iphone 3gs on 5.1.1. baseband 06.15.00 and the activate, jailbreak and untether all worked first time for me. thankyou for posting!

i have a query though- i cannot unlock my 3gs and it won’t work on any sim, have tried ultrasn0w and ultrasn0w fixer for 5.1.1. but absolutely nothing works. A friend gave me the phone as she upgraded hers when she switched to a new provider however i believe she did not pay her bill once, and i’ve heard that the original provider can block phones if a customer has not paid bill etc?

Ok so i was able to do everything step by step but after my iphone reboots and that the iphone screen pops up and i go throught pushing next but after i pick a wifi my phone trys to activate as if i never even tried to jailbrake it in the 1st place …….. can anyone someone please help me … thank you

Hi, thanks for the video. Unfortunately I’m stuck on the apple symbol after the second﻿ boot. redsn0w is telling me that my build was unrecognized. Do you have any idea on how I can resolve this issue? Thank you in advance.

i attempted to ” hacktivate” my iphone 4g 5.1.1 i was able to set my own ipsw and got it to install cydia but when i went to just boot it gave me an error stating “unsupported build” i cant seem to find a solution please help me

I downloaded the iphone firmware 5.1.1
Then I got the latest redsnow and manually selected my IPWS
I did JB it with Install Cydia + the iPad option checked
Waited for it to finish.
I then downloaded the latest Ultrasnow Fixer
Next, I downloaded Ultrasnow
Then Installous

HI, I am stuck with the first step. I downloaded the redsnow and iphone 5.1 but it comes out as a zipped folder..i have the 7 zip but it still stays as a folder..so when I try to do the step where you press extras ..then select IPSW, I only have a folder and as i press open it takes me to sub folders. I do not know what I’m doing wrong. If you can help I’ll appreciate it. Thank u

video has been really useful and I am trying my best to figure everything out but I can’t seem to get into DFU mode. (which I am sure is a stupid problem haha) but either way I follow ur instructions and even instructions on redsn0w but no luck. Is there anything else you can recommend or should I just keep trying?

Hey people, I found this on Youtube wich leaded me here. I need to hacktiave my iPhone 4S as it’s not activated yet without SIM. I followed the steps, with redsn0w 0.9.14B the newest version, downloaded the 5.1 IPSW as I have 5.1.1 running. It just tells me the iPhone needed to be activated first, after selecting the 5.1 & hit Jailbreak. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

Hey!
I have got an iPhone3Gs version 5.1.1.I am unable to activate it so according to the video I have downloaded both Redsn0w 0.9.10b6 (Windows) and iPhone 3GS 5.1 Firmware.Then following what you said when I press Select IPSW from redsnow and select iPhone 3GS 5.1 Firmware,it says ‘that IPSW is not supported by this version of resnow’!! Please help me out as soon as possible! !!
Thank You!

Hi – I just jail broke my 3GS iPhone 5.1.1 version and installed cydia. I jail broke with: iPhone2,1_5.1_9B176_Restore and redsn0w_mac_0-1.9.10b6. After jail breaking, I installed Rocky raccoon 5.1.1 untethered and Ultrasn0w. but when I put the SIM card in, it searches and then says ‘No service’.

– I don’t get any error message when I unlock the phone.
– The modem firmware is 05.16.05
– The iPhone is 3GS.
– It is version 5.1.1 (9B206)
– The serial number doesn’t have any 9 in it, so I said yes for ‘fixed’

hey how come it all works up to when i come to just boot my iphone i do what it says then when it starts to identify it, something shows up saying there is a problem and windows will try seeing what the problem is and i downloaded the iphone 4 firmware because i have an iphone 4 and when u said that something should show up saying if it is a new model or old that we should read the constructions, that part didnt show up on my laptop can u help anyhow???

i am using windows 7 and have got a iphone 4 iOS5.1.1. i did everything as u say but when i try to open the ispw something else comes up for me. instead of what u got, the file opened and went deeper into the file, there was file in it called firmware which had 3 other files in it. Can somebody help plz?

my phone is always stuck on no service, it never says no sim.. i tried to proceed anyway but it doesnt work an error message comes up to the stage where i try and jail break it.. it says unable to recognize specified isw…

i was on ios 4.1 on my 3gs and something happened. was stuck on apple logo.Upgraded to 5.1.1 them did an untethered jailbreak using snowbreeze. it worked jst fine. now i’m stuck on no service issue.have done everything in cydia with downloading the fixer for 5.1.1 and ultrasnow. STILL NO SERVICE. HELP!

Gudeve. I’m from Philippines. I have a iphone 3gs version 5.1.1 and It’s jailbroken. What I did is, I restored it on official 5.1.1 version, then when I try to use ultrasn0w or absinthe or snowbreeze for jailbreak, it does jailbreak the phone, but the thing is, it has no service, and it keeps on searching and I noticed my “ICCD: No Sim”, but when I turn on and off the airplane mode “ICDD numbers will appear. My iphone is new bootrom, and still no signal or service, just searching and after awhile “no service” Can you please help me on what to do and how to do it?

Gudeve. I’m from Philippines. I have a iphone 3gs version 5.1.1 and It’s jailbroken. What I did is, I restored it on official 5.1.1 version, then when I try to use ultrasn0w or absinthe or snowbreeze for jailbreak, it does jailbreak the phone, but the thing is, it has no service, and it keeps on searching and I noticed my “ICCD: No Sim”, but when I turn on and off the airplane mode “ICDD numbers will appear. My iphone is new bootrom, and still no signal or service, just searching and after awhile “no service” Can you please help me on what to do and how to do it?

pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee help me sir i have iPhone 4 and base band is 4.12.01 and how can i unlock it for using any sim in it please save my iPhones life please please please othervise my cousing bring it back to uk from where he buy this phone for me pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee help me :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( i tried so many procedures to unlock but all in vain due to Base Band 4.12.01

hi
i followed the steps but when it rebootet i got only youtupe ,mail and cydia no appstore no saari noting and when i restart my iphone it go the whole time on aapple logo also after rebooting the iphone i didnt get any steps to choose like from
setting like new iphone and other step help please have iphone 3gs and 5.1.1
thnx sorry for bad english:)

hi
i followed the steps but when it rebootet i got only youtupe ,mail and cydia no appstore no saari noting and when i restart my iphone it go the whole time on aapple logo also after rebooting the iphone i didnt get any steps to choose like from
setting like new iphone and other step help please have iphone 3gs and 5.1.1
thnx sorry for bad english:)??

Hai, i cant seem to get pass the DFU. The Apple sign doesnt go away and it just tells me that there are no devices or that i misunderstood the instructions. I been trying to get pass it for the pass hours. Can anyone help? i dont know why it wont shut down.

i cant jailbreak my iphone 4 IOS 5.1.1…. its not activated and has no carrier installed.. when i plug in the iphone,, it detects the iphone’s version but the “Jailbreak” button is disabled.. what i have to do?

When I opened Redsnow an error pops and say “Certain operations (like the A5 jailbreak) are disabled due to incomplete iTunes libraries. Please be sure the latest iTunes is installed.”
I just updated my iTunes yesterday, so I don’t know why it’s saying that…
Please help

I just downloaded the redsnow_mac_0.9.14b2 and I don’t have the problem when i opened up redsnow, but now I have another problem:
After opening redsnow 0.9.14b2, I hit “extra” and click the “select IPSW” and searched for the iPhone 3,1_5.1_9B176 (i downloaded the link that you have provided), an error pops up and says “That IPSW is not supported by this version of redsnow 🙁

hey i downloaded redsn0w ok i did that step & i downloaded the iPhone 4 5.1 Firmware but when i start doing your step when i click on the file iphone 4 5.1 it opens up into many files & i have to keep clicking to see which one is it but it turns out to be is none of them i need help im stuck

I followed the steps, but when it asks if i have a newer model and i say yes then after jailbraking it says : exploit failed. When I say no it says that the device doesn’t support unthethered options. What can I do. Plz help

Hi i have a problem, when i try to use the ‘SELECT IPWS’ i cant find the iphone 4 5.1 i DID download it and when i manually open the iphone4 5.1 ipsw it is a zip file. i have NO idea what to do now please help. (Im using windows BTW)

so it didn’t work because every time i click jailbreak, it says “already jailbroken with rocky raccoon”, now i had no previous knowledge that this iPhone was jailbroken previously since it was a gift from my dad. what u suppose i do? how can i unjailbreak my iPhone 3gs with the 5.1 IOS update?

Hello, I followed your video (and thanks!) but what isn’t actualy working is the Ultrasn0w unlock (firmware 6.15, version 5.1.1 (9B206), says No SIM), after jailbreak I installed the Rocky Racoon, then Ultrasn0w, then the fixer, I even used the url (repo666…) but nothing works… I’d die to have my old carier back o(╥﹏╥)o

Hi mio,
same thing over here, i’d kill that finger that pressed update last month now i have a brick for my wall….
Did the same stuff u’ve done an that the video described but nothing, and bellieve me i’ve tryed everithing, i even re-downgraded the thing but nothing, if someone up there has a magic wond i sure do need it!

OMG! thank you so much, I’m definitely donating because ur a freakin genius, my phone is completely good to go now, i just have some few questions. What happens if i were to insert my previous sim card back on this phone? how come i am unable to make any calls?

I tried it everything went good until the uploading data to the ram of my ihpone the white letters on my iphone kept going down until it says errot and stops. what do i do from here! it doens”t do anything now.

i have done it. what i did is recover via itunes and then it will as it was first. then you go the process all over again. and when you are ready to reboot it untethered for me it stopped with limena or whatever it was. then you cancel en do dfu mode all over again without plug the iphone out. leave it plugged in en do the dfu mode over again and then the pineapple wil appear . once that happened you just have to wait and follow the instructions on your iphone. I hope evryone understand and so not ask me it you need help!

Hi I downloaded and got to the point where you select IPSW.. when I find Iphone2,1_5.1_9B176_restore.ip sw. When I hit open (on my MAC) it says Unsupported IPSW
then﻿ that IPSW is not supportedby this version of redsnow
then fingerprint bunch of letters.
I downloaded the latest version of redsnow 0.9.14b2 as well and that did not work! Please help Thanks!

I have upgraded my iphone 4 to 5.1.1. I don’t have original SIM card so I am stuck on activation screen. I have tried this solution but for me call fails immediately. I tried lots of times but call fails immediately after I dial emergency number.
Does anybody know solution to it??? Thanks in advance for your help

Hi, I followed your steps to hactivate my iphone 3gs 5.1.1 It all goes to plan until when umm after DFU mode I follow all the steps and when redsnow indicates (Rebooting) red snow keeps saying exploit failed? I dont know what the problem is can u help please?
Thanks

Hi there! Trying to hacktivate my 3gs on my pc. Downloaded the correct programs from the links above, but the firmware file, once unzipped, seems to be all DMG files and a few other unrecognizable things. So when I go to select an ispw through redsn0w, nothing shows up as an option because there is nothing saved as an .ispw. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Got the Ultrasnow to work after a few attempts but not its just searching…. and nothing else. i red somewhere that I need to change my APN to something else is this true and if so what do i need to change it to?

after my phone the jail brake n tattered stuff it rebooted as he said it would, choose the language the country but then it gets to the activate ur iphone part which did not skip n its still saying cannot activate iphone!!! what do i do????

i downloaded the correct version of redsnow and firmware but redsnow keeps getting shut down after th screen says, “uploading first stage”??? idk how but i got past that and it did everything in the video untill it was done the “matrix screen” it the just said the phone needed to be activated….. im lost right now as to how to fix this issue
please, i need help

Hi we have done till the point where u choose the internet then it comes up with a message saying “your iphone could not be activated because the activation service is temporarily unavailable try connecting ur iphone to itunes to activate it or try again in a couple of minutes if this problem persists contact apple support at apple.com/support”
we tried lots of time but not working we have internet so frustrating:(

My phone has been unlocked and jailbreaked, then restored to factory settings and now I am trying to jailbreak and unlock it again.

I´ve followed the steps in the video but when I get to Set up the Iphone after the wi-fi set up it directs me straight to Activating Iphone, then reads “Activation Failed”
It requests to insert a sim card, if I do it it says it is not recognized.

I just bought the phone, it is new, I an pretty sure it is a new version but I cannot check the settings to confirm it. I´ve done all as if new.

Hi, I’ve downloaded the 5.1 3GS IPSW file to my Windows 7 PC using the link you provided, but it would seem this gives me a whole collection of files with the main ones being .dmg files. I have a program to mount this and get the cotents, but it says it’s encrypted and needs a password? Any ideas? Kind of stuck now!

Hello,
I’ve downloaded all that I need, but when I go to select the IPSW file, it doesn’t appear. For some reason, even though it is a IPSW file, the file won’t show up. Any help on how to have it appear?

I’m trying to update to 5.1.1 from 5.1 04.12.01 using redsn0w, but every time I run through the process. The phone stays on 5.1 04.12.01. This phone has been factory unlocked. I tried to use absinthe win 2.0.4 but iy says unable to break. Without 5.1.1 I’m unable to install rocky raccoon. Definately need help…Plz!!!

I had done everything it said in the video and it was a success. But when the iPhone turned on, i checked the wifi, language, etc. and after the picking the wifi, i clicked next from the upper right corner and it went back to the “Activating your iPhone” and it was loading. Then it still wasn’t activating. What should I do? 😐

I viewed your video, but the process didn’t work for me. It appeared it got stuck during jail break. I have a 3gs later model that wont allow for untethered break. The message I got during my second attempt at jail break said ” missing keys.plist data for this build:
Device: iPhone 3gs
ECID: 2909321612622
Build: iPhone2,1._6.0.1.1_10A523
Can you help! Your site and links are the most straightforward links I have encountered. Thank you for your clarity and professionalism.

I’m working off a mac computer and am using ipsw 5.1 and redsn0w 0.9.11 b4 as I saw that one of the comments recommended you use that if it said ‘searching..’ not ‘no sim’. i tried 0.9.10 b6 but i had exactly the same problem I am now.. right after the jailbreak part instead of the apple logo it reboots with a black screen with white writing.

okay so it eventually got past the black screen thing but then it just went back to that initial activation screen so it wouldn’t let me do the ‘just boot’ thing and when i tried and did the DFU thing it just said
“unrecognised build, fingerprint: 071daefbb9fe3e06735d9464f25c07ff”